All the Names of Feliza
$31.45
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2027
Summary
Irreverent, mischievous and utterly committed to her art, Feliza Burzstyn turned Colombian culture upside down by defying convention, making extraordinary art out of scrap metal and refusing to play the simpering feminine role that her country’s macho culture demanded of her.
Feliza always went her own way, never doubting the inseparability of self and art. Art was her everything, even as it cost her her marriage, the custody of her three daughters, and the support of her parents when…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529446845 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529446848 |
| Author: | Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anna McLean |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
Vásquez’s familiar themes succeed in this fictionalised biography in offering a powerful illustration of how political violence ultimately corrodes and suffocates everything, and how tragedy comes knocking when least expected * Joaquín Castillo, El País *
Vásquez once again demonstrates why he is one of the great Spanish-language storytellers of our time. […] He combines formal elegance with emotional depth … an ideal book for those seeking a novel with cultural depth, but also with a human heartbeat * David Lorao, Artículo14 *
Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Juan Gabriel Vásquez was born in Bogotá in 1973. He is the author of six previous novels, including The Informers and Reputations, and two collections of stories, The All Saints’ Day Lovers and Songs for the Flames. He is the winner of many prizes including in 2014 the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Gregor von Rezzori Prize and the Alfaguara Prize for The Sound of Things Falling. In 2019 The Shape of the Ruins was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and in 2021 he received the biennial Mario Vargas Llosa Novel Prize for Retrospective. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Madrid.
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